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Learning as a Vehicle for Individual and Social Transformation.
- Source :
- Therapeutic Recreation Journal; 2014 2nd Quarter, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p113-134, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Traditional approaches to leisure education often exclude marginalised groups in decision making, instead relying on the "expertise" of leisure professionals in determining what is to be taught and how. These approaches are often inappropriate and inadequate to meet the needs of marginalised groups and often exclude those who are thought to lack the capacity for learning, such as persons with dementia. Using data from a systematic evaluation of learning and sharing forums designed by and for persons with dementia partnering with family and professional care partners, the purpose of this paper is twofold: (1) to present an alternative approach to leisure education, one informed by and integrating understandings from the radical education tradition and critical pedagogy; and (2) to share research findings that demonstrate the power of alternative approaches to learning in not only promoting personal growth but in enhancing social relationships and triggering broader social change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RECREATIONAL therapy
ACTION research
ADAPTABILITY (Personality)
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CAREGIVERS
CONSUMER attitudes
DEMENTIA
DISEASES
FAMILIES
GROUNDED theory
HOPE
INTERPERSONAL relations
INTERVIEWING
LEARNING strategies
LEISURE
LONGITUDINAL method
MATHEMATICAL models
MEDICAL personnel
PATIENT advocacy
SAFETY
SELF-efficacy
SOCIAL change
QUALITATIVE research
THEORY
DATA analysis
SOCIAL support
TEACHING methods
EDUCATION theory
INDIVIDUAL development
EVALUATION of human services programs
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00405914
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Therapeutic Recreation Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 95999864